MedTrace Logo

Dental Hygienists and Dentists as Providers of Oral Mucosa Screening and Brush Biopsies

NCT04081038 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2023-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In 2007, The World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted a resolution to prevent oral cancer. The resolution urged the member states to ensure that measures against oral cancer was integrated into a national cancer control program by engaging and train dental personnel in screening, early diagnosis and treatment. Oral cancer is a severe oral health issue as it is potentially fatal and is the 5-6 most common tumor with approximately 275,000 cases for oral and 130,300 cases for pharyngeal cancers, excluding nasopharynx, globally. In Sweden,1000 new cases yearly is discovered and it is increasing. The explanation is an aging population and an increase in tonsil and tongue cancers caused by HPV, especially in younger subjects. This is due to changing sexual habits. Tumors caused by tobacco and alcohol are constant. Despite the decreasing prevalence of smoking and certain smoking-associated cancers, an increased incidence of tonsillar cancer has been seen in both Finland and Sweden. High risk HPV (hrHPV) oral cancer is also increasing.

Conditions

  • Oral Cancer

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Brush biopsy

Brush biopsy will be performed by dentists and dental hygienists

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dalarna County Council, Sweden

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karin Gunnars Hellgren · Public Dental Health Region Dalarna

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-08-31
Primary Completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2023-06-15

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT04081038 on ClinicalTrials.gov